When you spend a day in a place like Florence Italy (after some time in Istanbul/Constantinople) you become aware of how big and how small...

In Istanbul's spice market:  No Yelp here We made our way today to Florence, Italy, from Istanbul.  An "old" (actually ope...

Tonight is our last night in Istanbul.  With my wife, we did the "tourist" thing today -- taking an organized tour of the key hi...

Consider the business challenge.  You need to attract well-healed clients who would have absolutely no knowledge about your business beforeh...

Yesterday, I spent several hours in search of the 14th century Istanbul synagogue still in operation today.  I took a local tram, then a cit...

Travel brings challenges.  While the world is much more connected now than ever before, we can still run into snags.  Take the Internet conn...

Istanbul, Turkey (from Wikipedia At the Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge in Ottawa, waiting for the first flight -- a short haul to Toronto....